Giorgia Meloni’s presence at Donald Trump’s inauguration aimed to reinforce her status as a privileged interlocutor of the new US administration. But this position carries risks for Italy and the EU.
He hails a fantastic woman sweeping all before her in Europe. She praises a strong and shrewd defender of the West. Donald Trump and Giorgia Meloni are fast forging a new transatlantic "special relationship".
Germany's election frontrunner says Europeans are waiting for Germany to take the lead on dealing with the new American president.
The front-runner to become Germany's next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, has expressed optimism about constructive European cooperation with US President Donald Trump. "I think he will be an interesting partner for us,
Among EU leaders, however, only Meloni is confirmed to have received a personal invitation to the event, bolstered by her personal relationship with Trump, whom she recently visited at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida.
Many of the European politicians expected to be in Washington on Monday share President-elect Donald J. Trump’s anti-immigrant stance.
The U.S. president-elect lays down a clear ideological marker with his unusual invitees from across the globe.
And while many extreme-right politicians in Europe have wavered in their support for Ukraine in its war against Russia, Meloni has offered fulsome backing for Kyiv – even convincing her fellow rightwinger, Hungary’s Viktor Orbán, to agree to a €50bn aid package to the war-torn country.
Giorgia Meloni’s love-in with Donald Trump confidant Elon Musk looks like it might be paying off, with reports suggesting that her government is poised to sign a $1.56 billion telecommunications deal with Musk’s SpaceX.
The Italian leader has the potential to serve as a key European ally in the quest for peace in Europe and the Middle East.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, whose rise to power in Rome two years ago sparked panic among the European political establishment, may now be the continent’s best hope to have one of its own in the good graces of the Trump White House.
The relationship between Musk and the Italian prime minister could be a harbinger for Americans, as Musk assumes a role in the Trump administration.